Telegram-herald., 1887-06-13
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colleges shd universities. shewlnx she
scientists be esn defy GAs ls~s Of mot'oa.
Mr.. Adams Is aes a. sssss sit6 his vile.
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and h : ~ true - stfaags
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The summer months with = relative a.
Wes,port. Conn. aud dariag ms Waits esed
70 Work ia the Hslas The saaas as aired
man. While the strswhsrry season Was a.
is height Il fsil 70 my lol - take the iluit
to the sssgs;aek station that being tAe
nearest enc - tie farm for shipment
razor and my face never caiae together
during nv say on the fsfm. snd NlAt with
my ofeEha0ls aad blue shlfs looked
typiczl granger. Opposite the depot
stood = ssmpse r0on ia which there
wefe tuo moderately good bil.lAf1 lsbles.
t4A+A 4 ttf - attAtf t@~ - . 80 49, -
posting my load Of strawberries. Ms cue
game being tar below tie average. my play
ing created DO suspicion that Was anyone
bar The 'greeny" tnAt l looked. There Was
a fly country nlen bo brought ouions 10
market. and he. too. used ~ ma1s iAis
place bis hang cut" He could nnger The
dice and half stock the cards st old siedge-
lie VAS the bess billiard player ia town,
and was always eager TO play for money, IN
fact, he won something like slOo during the
| first month"; feli myself Ia about three
weeks Mr.. Max0n chats me- commences
70 Introduce nnger billiards, and Tor TORT
night or more / paid for al The
driaks and cigars sold while l was IN the
ne room. The onion man dubbed
me Thumb Billiards" and in other ways
made ligh. OF my playing. One dsy gave
out in Boosting manner that IA few DAYS
| was gong 10 be paid for tv9 crates OF
strawberries aud that 1 would make some
OF them hnut their holes or my name was
not Jack AaxOn. The day arrived and ]
was on hand with u roll Of bills which
stated was strawberry money" though
in reality il was borrowed from my
brother-in-iaw. and invited everyone 10
take smile with me. The sharper was
there and as we stood ct the end bsr
smiling be asked, "How's thumb bill
iards?" "All right" j answered. feel like
trying a game lie Lad bis cue IN sec
ond. chalsed It. and handed me the chalk.
The first game was = points for refresh
ments, ana 1 lost having hurt my nDger
during the first part OF the encounter.
Another game with $ bill added l also
lost, and so on until was $50
out. The liquor (which he thought
! was drinking) had commenced 10 tell,
and | wanted to bet anything from SiEV 70
1000 OF. a loo point game. Mr.. Onion
Sharper said, NY friend. l will meet you
half way, aud play for 500 a verdict
Silenced reigned supreme for q moment.
apparently studied = second. and then said.
accepted" ! sent one Of the boys over 10
| the depot for Pat Murphy, the station
agent, 20 act as stake holder. Ny opponent
only had $500 and wanted 10 put up his
check for toe remainder. but ] refused and
| so he borrowed $50 on bis team. Every
| thing being in readiness, the game COM
menced. lr stringing ne won. made the
| first shot, aud turning 10 me said: Il have
got one hundred barrels Of onions az the de-
| pot worth s. a barrel. ] viii bet you those
| against 800 on the result" | 8c-
| cepted, nnd pat up another hundred. He
| still continued 20 count and wben he
reached twenty he pulled out an elegant
| time piece and saic: Here's 8 $3.50 watch
| ] will bet the whole ric ayainSt 800 win"
/ examined the watch thoroughly and took
| that bet reluctantly. and just a. be started
| in again. gentleman who saw ! was get
| ting skinned mo:ioned me 20 come near
him when be whispered. ''1hat man you
are playing with Is sharper from Bridge
| port, and amt co; al onion 10 bis name.
| Last Monday he robbed q man the same as
| be Is doing you. our OF S400 in Nor~alk
| His name is Gus Stevens and he used 10
run the Atlantic billiard room in
] Bridgeport. Make a kick and / viii
| sustain you" ] bad barely time TO
I -. -. a.
/ my opponent having rolled up tbirty-Six
| points He struck ''snfe winner" afts-
| tnde thinking Of hrs walk over for 500.
| when I me1e three foo. drop masse fore
| ing the balls up N the top right corner. and
during the next ninety-niue ticks Of the
/ clock, made point az each tick. winning
the game in less than two minutes. Tie
| pulse Of every one IN The rcom bad reached
| 100 excepting stevens who nearly tainted.
| Ny brother eouuirymeB were crazy and
| yelled like demons. which brought IN At
least hundred from the ouisice. ] walked
| up TO toe landlord and handed him the
watch saying that ] wanted - blow Is IL f1r
i refreshmsnis. stating that my onion friend
could redeem II inside OF one faontb.
| During the bot sessiJn. wbich uss now ia
| order. slipped ont wslh M so Wishing.
not caring b look sor the hundred barrels
/ Of onions. and Jumping 10 my lumber box
/ loaded with s.fsgt4rry cfsfes drove home.
and handed back the money borrowed frcm
ny brofher-in-I8v The next DAY ] fet
/ ike PAVING Ses York visit 50 / shaved
OF aly fall bard sDd took the sssge for
| Sauzetnck. Having 6fteen minutes 20 SPARE
| I ran over to the Old roam. bat M trans
I fo~rustions made ne a stranger After
| lighting cigar inquired Of the landlord IL
/ ftat was 50 that some cne iaad lost $50 ~
billiards Yes indeed apd the p b 5lt story
was told PuiI8z the balls 90 the table
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np one. hEe ! d3d The dsF before. and
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